koobas.hobune.stream
Making an object float in water
var gravity=Vector3.zero;
var target_gravity=Vector3(0,-10,0);
var water_level=65f;
function Update(){
var surface_distance=water_level-transform.position.y;
target_gravity=Vector3(0,-10,0); //you are above water, do normal gravity
if(surface_distance>0) target_gravity=Vector3(0,10,0); //you are underwater, reverse target gravity
gravity=Vector3.Lerp(gravity,target_gravity,2 * Time.deltaTime);
rigidbody.MovePosition(transform.position + (gravity * Time.deltaTime));
}
I have made this simple water floating script by just reversing gravity when a person goes above or below the water surface, and it works, except that when the object finally starts to settle down near the surface (stops bobbing up and down so much) it just sort of jitters there. Because gravity is switching between +/- small amounts.
My question is what would you do to this code to make the bobbing of the object more realistic when it finally starts to settle on the surface? I'm stumped so far
What I do for water physics is use the colliders bonding box to figure out what percentage is underwater. Then I add a force upwards based on that percentage.
Have a look at Pond Wars (linked in my profile) to see the effect in action.
That seems like a good system but if I'm not mistaken that would still suffer from "jitters" as the object begins to settle down on the water's surface, unless a dampening mechanism is added.
Is there any sort of way I can fix this jitter problem starting with the code I already use?
